Sunday, March 27, 2016

you could almost call it contrary to have this so bright doona cover on when we are speaking of autumn but we need the doona on and that speaks volumes of change of season

leaves of yellow among green

our old dog walks freely now as the cool air helps her breathe no panting up our stairs short though they may be cool with just a touch of rain may the Murray River flow freely grey clouds reflected as birds squabble in the trees leaves collect in the roadside gutters the street cleaner's whirling brushes pile them up until the scoop truck cleans up the township only in mid autumn the coffee drinkers move inside the cafes on Main Street school girls wear long skirts boys in their jackets the school bus has new wipers on its windshield new season brings with it new rulesautumn is a-coming in merrily sing cool-cool

Sunday, March 13, 2016

The moon passed between ‪NASA‬’s Deep Space Climate Observatory and the Earth, allowing the satellite to capture this rare image of the moon’s far side in full sunlight.
As the moon is tidally locked to the Earth and doesn’t rotate, we only ever see the one face from the Earth.
Awesome shot!

Tuesday, March 08, 2016

This is said in
the context of
an article about
the textuality
of Mallarme -

Are we fulfilling this
quest in our daily
poems? Putting
the fourteen ducks
on the golf course
green here in words
without harming
a feather. Or
picking up that
bull ant again
as my wife did
just now to put him
out in the margin.
And why do I write
'him' and not 'her'?
Is it because of
the potential Violence
of a red sizable ant?
Language dangles
questions the more
we play with it. But
I shall always love
words in the syntax
of music, even with
a sting in the tail.

Thursday, March 03, 2016

festival-- cormorants asleep in a row on holiday-Issa 1821.御祭や鵜も寝並んで骨休o-matsuri ya u mo ne narande honeyasumiJapanese fishermen use cormorants. Tied to a tether, these sea birds dive for fish that they are forced to disgorge. In this haiku, the birds enjoy the day off.http://haikuguy.com/issa/